[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 17]
[House]
[Pages 24016-24017]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      HOUSE BILLS AND A JOINT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT

  The President notified the Clerk of the House that on the following 
dates, he had approved and signed bills and a joint resolution of the 
following titles:

           July 10, 2008:
       H.R. 6304. An act to amend the Foreign Intelligence 
     Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for 
     authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and 
     for other purposes.
           July 15, 2008:
       H.R. 430. An act to designate the United States bankruptcy 
     courthouse located at 271 Cadman Plaza East in Brooklyn, New 
     York, as the ``Conrad B. Duberstein United States Bankruptcy 
     Courthouse''.
       H.R. 781. An act to redesignate Lock and Dam No. 5 of the 
     McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System near 
     Redfield, Arkansas, authorized by the Rivers and Harbors Act 
     approved July 24, 1946, as the ``Colonel Charles D. Maynard 
     Lock and Dam''.
       H.R. 1019. An act to designate the United States 
     customhouse building located at 31 Gonzalez Clemente Avenue 
     in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, as the ``Rafael Martinez Nadal 
     United States Customhouse Building''.
       H.R. 2728. An act to designate the station of the United 
     States Border Patrol located at 25762 Madison Avenue in 
     Murrieta, California, as the ``Theodore L. Newton, Jr. and 
     George F. Azrak Border Patrol Station''.
       H.R. 3721. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1190 Lorena Road in Lorena, 
     Texas, as the ``Marine Gunnery Sgt. John D. Fry Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 4140. An act to designate the Port Angeles Federal 
     Building in Port Angeles, Washington, as the ``Richard B. 
     Anderson Federal Building''.
       H.R. 4185. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 11151 Valley Boulevard in El 
     Monte, California, as the ``Marisol Heredia Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 5168. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 19101 Cortez Boulevard in 
     Brooksville, Florida, as the ``Cody Grater Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 5395. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 11001 Dunklin Drive in St. 
     Louis, Missouri, as the ``William `Bill' Clay Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 5479. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 117 North Kidd Street in 
     Ionia, Michigan, as the ``Alonzo Woodruff Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 5517. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 7231 FM 1960 in Humble, 
     Texas, as the ``Texas Military Veterans Post Office''.
       H.R. 5528. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 120 Commercial Street in 
     Brockton, Massachusetts, as the ``Rocky Marciano Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 5778. An act to preserve the independence of the 
     District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority.
       H.R. 6040. An act to amend the Water Resources Development 
     Act of 2007 to clarify the authority of the Secretary of the 
     Army to provide reimbursement for travel expenses incurred by 
     members of the Committee on Levee Safety.
           July 17, 2008:
       H.R. 634. An act to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
     to mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became 
     disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces of the 
     United States.
       H.R. 814. An act to require the Consumer Product Safety 
     Commission to issue regulations mandating child-resistant 
     closures on all portable gasoline containers.
           July 21, 2008:
       H.R. 802. An act to amend the Act to Prevent Pollution from 
     Ships to implement MARPOL Annex VI.
       H.R. 3891. An act to amend the National Fish and Wildlife 
     Foundation Establishment Act to increase the number of 
     Directors on the Board of Directors of the National Fish and 
     Wildlife Foundation.
           July 23, 2008:
       H.R. 3403. An act to promote and enhance public safety by 
     facilitating the rapid deployment of IP-enabled 911 and E-911 
     services, encourage the Nation's transition to a national IP-
     enabled emergency network, and improve 911 and E-911 access 
     to those with disabilities.
       H.R. 3712. An act to designate the United States courthouse 
     located at 1716 Spielbusch Avenue in Toledo, Ohio, as the 
     ``James M. Ashley and Thomas W.L. Ashley United States 
     Courthouse''.
           July 29, 2008:
       H.R. 1553. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     advance medical research and treatments into pediatric 
     cancers, ensure patients and families have access to 
     information regarding pediatric cancers and current 
     treatments for such cancers, establish a national childhood 
     cancer registry, and promote public awareness of pediatric 
     cancer.
       H.R. 3890. An act to impose sanctions on officials of the 
     State Peace and Development Council in Burma, to amend the 
     Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 to exempt 
     humanitarian assistance United States sanctions on Burma, to 
     prohibit the importation of gemstones from Burma, or that 
     originate in Burma, to promote a coordinated international 
     effort to restore civilian democratic rule to Burma, and for 
     other purposes.
       H.J. Res. 93. A joint resolution approving the renewal of 
     import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and 
     Democracy Act of 2003.
           July 30, 2008:
       H.R. 3221. An act to provide needed housing reform and for 
     other purposes.
       H.R. 3564. An act to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     authorize appropriations for the Administrative Conference of 
     the United States through fiscal year 2011, and for other 
     purposes.
       H.R. 3985. An act to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     direct the Secretary of Transportation to register a person 
     providing transportation by an over-the-road bus as a motor 
     carrier of passengers only if the person is willing and able 
     to comply with certain accessibility requirements in addition 
     to other existing requirements, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 4289. An act to name the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs outpatient clinic in Ponce, Puerto Rico, as the 
     ``Euripides Rubio Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient 
     Clinic''.
       H.R. 5501. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign 
     countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and 
     for other purposes.
           July 31, 2008:
       H.R. 4841. An act to approve, ratify, and confirm the 
     settlement agreement entered into to resolve claims by the 
     Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians relating to alleged 
     interferences with the water resources of the Tribe, to 
     authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to execute 
     and perform the Settlement Agreement and related waivers, and 
     for other purposes.
           August 12, 2008:
       H.R. 2245. An act to designate the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs outpatient clinic in Wenatchee, Washington, as the 
     Elwood ``Bud'' Link Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient 
     Clinic.
       H.R. 4210. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 401 Washington Avenue in 
     Weldon, North Carolina, as the ``Dock M. Brown Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 4918. An act to name the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs medical center in Miami, Florida, as the ``Bruce W. 
     Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center''.
       H.R. 5477. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 120 South Del Mar Avenue in 
     San Gabriel, California, as the ``Chi Mui Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 5483. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 10449 White Granite Drive in 
     Oakton, Virginia, as the ``Private First Class David H. 
     Sharrett II Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 5631. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1155 Seminole Trail in 
     Charlottesville, Virginia, as the ``Corporal Bradley T. Arms 
     Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 6061. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 219 East Main Street in West 
     Frankfort, Illinois, as the ``Kenneth James Gray Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 6085. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located

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     at 42222 Rancho Las Palmas Drive in Rancho Mirage, 
     California, as the ``Gerald R. Ford Post Office Building''.
       H.R. 6150. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 14500 Lorain Avenue in 
     Cleveland, Ohio, as the ``John P. Gallagher Post Office 
     Building''.
       H.R. 6340. An act to designate the Federal building and 
     United States courthouse located at 300 Quarropas Street in 
     White Plains, New York, as the ``Charles L. Brieant, Jr., 
     Federal Building and United States Courthouse''.
           August 14, 2008:
       H.R. 4040. An act to establish consumer product safety 
     standards and other safety requirements for children's 
     products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer 
     Product Safety Commission.
       H.R. 4137. An act to amend and extend the Higher Education 
     Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6432. An act to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the animal drug user fee 
     program, to establish a program of fees relating to generic 
     new animal drugs, to make certain technical corrections to 
     the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007, and 
     for other purposes.
           August 29, 2008:
       H.R. 6580. An act to ensure the fair treatment of a member 
     of the Armed Forces who is discharged from the Armed Forces, 
     at the request of the member, pursuant to the Department of 
     Defense policy permitting the early discharge of a member who 
     is the only surviving child in a family in which the father 
     or mother, or one or more siblings, served in the Armed 
     Forces and, because of hazards incident to such service, was 
     killed, died as a result of wounds, accident, or disease, is 
     in a captured or missing in action status, or is permanently 
     disabled, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     repeal the dollar limitation on contributions to funeral 
     trusts, and for other purposes.
           September 15, 2008:
       H.R. 6532. An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to restore the Highway Trust Fund balance.
           September 19, 2008:
       H.R. 6456. An act to provide for extensions of certain 
     authorities of the Department of State, and for other 
     purposes.
           September 22, 2008:
       H.R. 5683. An act to make certain reforms with respect to 
     the Government Accountability Office, and for other purposes.
           September 26, 2008:
       H.R. 5938. An act to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     provide secret service protection to former Vice Presidents, 
     and for other purposes.
           September 30, 2008:
       H.R. 1777. An act to amend the Improving America's Schools 
     Act of 1994 to make permanent the favorable treatment of 
     need-based educational aid under the antitrust laws.
       H.R. 2608. An act to amend section 402 of the Personal 
     Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 
     1996 to provide, in fiscal years 2009 through 2011, 
     extensions of supplemental security income for refugees, 
     asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants, and to 
     amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to collect 
     unemployment compensation debts resulting from fraud.
       H.R. 2638. An act making appropriations for the Department 
     of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2008, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 6984. An act to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     extend authorizations for the airport improvement program, to 
     amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding 
     and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust 
     Fund, and for other purposes.

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